Author's Forward:

  Well here's part 4 - I've only just finished it so there are probably 
errors in grammar/spelling...

  Everyone's been hounding me for it so I decided to release it now 
(before Exams and work start) - hope you enjoy it.


                          An Oh My Goddess FanFic

                              Oh My God ????

                                    by 

                                Brett Handy

     I lay awake, staring at the ceiling.  My jaw ached
annoyingly, the cold-compress that I had gotten from Belldandy
had long-since warmed against my skin.  I could hear the three
Goddesses arguing a few rooms away, it sounded like Skuld and
Belldandy were scolding their sister rather harshly.

     I didn't really remember what I'd said to make her so
angry and I was starting to feel a little guilty about the
whole thing.  "Whatever I said must have been awful", I
thought to myself.  Resolving to apologise I slipped out of my
room and walked down the hall to where I could hear voices.

     "I'm telling you he's a complete looser, who has no place
learning anything from me!", shouted Urd.  I paused with my
hand on the door.

     "Well if he's such a Looser", Belldandy replied softly,
"Why have you bothered to teach him at all?".

     "Hah!", Urd responded, "You *know* what will happen to me
if I go against orders again".

     I frowned and turned back to my room, nothing would be
gained by apologising to her.  I flopped back down on my bed
and picked up one of the three spellbooks that I'd borrowed
from Urd yesterday.  "I'll just have a look at these before I
give them back tomorrow", I thought, leafing through the many
spells listed.

     A paused when I came to a healing spell.  It was designed
for small, non-serious injuries.  I sat up and placed the book
in my lap, carefully running through the gestures and words a
few times.  "Well let's see if I've learnt anything", I
thought, beginning the spell.

     I felt the same charging of energy that I'd first
experienced when Belldandy had fixed the temple steps, but
this time *I* was the focus.  The rushing energy seemed to
fill me, and my right hand began to glow with a soft white
radiance.  With the completion of the spell I gingerly touched
my glowing hand to my jaw.

     A flash blinded me for a moment and I felt a sharp pain. 
Pulling away my hand quickly, I was surprised to notice that
my jaw was no longer sore.  I stood and walked over to the
mirror, examining where Urd had split my lip.  There was
nothing visible at all.

     "Well at least I'm not a complete failure", I thought. 
Lying back down, I continued to go through the spells.  I
paused once or twice at some of the more interesting ones. 
Finally I grew tired and decided that I'd learnt enough for
one day.

                                  ******

     I was standing in a large park, looking down at Urd's
blasted body.  She was lying in a small crater as few meters
in front of me, her dress was charred and burnt, blood was
trickling from the corner of her mouth.  In the distance I
could see a dark figure, it was a woman, I recognised her from
the race track, when Keiichi had his accident.

     And most surprisingly of all I saw *myself*, I was
standing slightly in front of Urd, and I didn't look happy.  
Then I noticed that there were some changes present in that
other 'me', he was wearing clothing that shimmered a light-
blue in the sunlight and seemed to move with a life of their
own.  For a moment I had the sickening feeling that *I* had
done this to Urd, but then I saw another figure emerging from
the trees.  He was dressed in a *very* dark shade of blue
clothing, and was advancing towards the other 'me'.

     My double shouted a few words at him and he answered in a
slimy voice.  I couldn't understand the exact words, they
seemed to be slightly blurred.  A second later, a huge ball of
fire, raced from the stranger's hand, racing straight at Urd
and my double.

     I cried out, watching the fireball engulf Urd and the
other me, but a moment later I saw that they were both
unharmed, a shimmering shield had formed around them,
protecting them from the flames.  My double smiled grimly and
advanced towards the dark man, raising his arms and chanting
some kind of spell.  Bolts of force ripped into the strange
man, forcing him backwards, eventually he turned and fled.

     I watched as my double turned and walked slowly back to
Urd, he seemed to be quite exhausted.  I watched silently as
he fell to his knees beside Urd, crying.

                                  ******

     Waking up in a sweat, I sat bolt upright.  I looked
around the room, it was still night and according to the clock
somewhere slightly after midnight.  Shivering I pulled the
covers up against the chill of night and rolled over.  The
dream had been particularly vivid and most distressing.

     I flicked on the light and picked up one of the
spellbooks, flicking through the pages I found the two spells
that I'd seen myself use.  On impulse I grabbed a pen and
scribbled down the spell procedures into my notepad.  I turned
off the light and rolled over trying to get back to sleep.

                                  ******

     I walked into a restaurant and looked around, I
recognised the restaurant as one not too far from the Temple,
Keiichi and I had walked passed it on one of his 'guided
tours'.  He had commented that Belldandy loved eating there
and he took her to it often.

     I wondered what I was doing here.  Walking around the
room at random I spotted the familiar figure of Urd, she was
sitting at one of the tables.  I walked over to her quickly,
"Umm, Hi Urd", I said.

     She seemed not to hear me.  I moved my hand in front of
her face, but she took no notice.  I was about to try and
shake her arm when someone familiar walked into the
restaurant.  It was me again.  My double was dressed in quite
'up-market' clothes (usually I wear jeans and a t-shirt unless
something important's happening), and he walked straight over
to Urd's table, smiling at her.

     I frowned, my double and Urd seemed to be getting along
quite well, the chatted for a while and had a nice meal.  I
followed them as they left the restaurant watching as they
walked along.  They were holding hands.  I frowned there was
no way I'd be seen anywhere near Urd at the moment, this was
most unusual.

     I warily followed them back to the temple, noticing that
they didn't relinquish the 'hand-lock' until they walked
inside.  Slightly (did I say 'slightly', make that *bloody*)
confused I slumped down on the step.  Looking around I noticed
that the night was warm and clear.  I sat and looked at the
stars (as I like to do on occasion), wondering what on earth
had caused such a drastic change in my and Urd's relationship.

                                  ******

     "Brett-san!", called Keiichi.

     I opened one eye, "Yes??", I mumbled.

     Keiichi frowned, "If we don't get a move on you'll miss
your first class", he said.

     This brought me wide awake quickly, today I was suppose
to start at NIT.  Jumping up quickly and muttering apologies I
grabbed for some clothes.

     Seeing that he'd gotten my attention, Keiichi left me to
change and went to warm up the motorcycle.  Shivering slightly
against the cold, I put on a warmer jacket.  The weather was
was something that took me by surprise at first.  Everyone
knows that the seasons are reversed when you cross the
Equator, but to actually experience it was something else.  It
had been late spring when I left Australia (just starting to
get *really* hot) and now here in Japan it was almost winter. 
Somehow I felt cheated, I'd missed summer this year.

     Flinging a pack full of books on my shoulder, I raced out
to find Keiichi.  Belldandy tried to force some breakfast on
me, but I shook my head, "That's ok", I said, "I don't usually
eat breakfast anyway".

     It was only when I saw our transportation that I began to
have second thoughts.  Now Keiichi's motorcycle might be fine
for him and Belldandy, but have you ever tried to fit a six
foot six Australian into a side car??  bet you haven't.  We
must have looked ridiculous, me with my knees up round my ears
and Keiichi madly leaning to the side, to keep from tipping us
over.  I resolved to ask Belldandy about how to transport
around, if (I added after we narrowly missing a light pole) we
ever get home.

                                  ******

     I un-jammed myself from the Motorcycle and straightened
out with some help from Keiichi.  "If we'd had to travel for
another five minutes, I'd be a pretzel", I groaned, stretching
my legs.

     Keiichi grinned, "If we'd had to travel for another five
minutes, *I'd* have had to replace the bearings on that
wheel", he commented.

     "Very funny", I said, taking a long look around.

     The campus was quite nice, although a little smaller than
what I was used to.  Everything seemed to be packed into a
tight area, with only a little space for the grass and trees
(my preferred study habitat) that I was so used to back home.

     Keiichi indicated that I should follow him.  I nodded and
trailed along behind him.  There were a *lot* more students
than I was used to, everyone seemed to be in a hurry to get
some place.  Keiichi dodged around people, who seemed to take
little note of his presence.  While *I* on the other hand,
attracted a bit more of a response.  I've noticed that people
tend to get out of the way, when you out-weigh them by two to
one and tower over them.

     I walked into the auto-club, smiling as I recognised
Tamiya and Ootaki.  The shop was packed with people, Keiichi
immediately squeezed his way over to talk to his friends.  I
moved through the crowd a little more awkwardly, apologising
as I went.

     "Morisato, good to see you up and around again!", said
Tamiya, grabbing him up in a affectionate hug.

     I greeted the pair a just a *little* less
enthusiastically.  "How's tricks?", I asked.

     The two of them became serious all over a sudden, "We
have not found out what happened to Keiichi's bike", Tamiya
said, frowning.

     Ootaki nodded, "There is no evidence of sabotage and we
can't find anything else wrong", he commented.

     I frowned, "Well the parts that Keiichi-san used to make
up the fuel-injector seemed a little old", I surmised, "It
*could* have just been an accident"

     Keiichi nodded, "The parts were old", he said, "But
usually a broken fuel injector won't cause the bike to
explode".

     I shrugged, "Well you guys are the mechanics", I said, "I
wouldn't know a fuel injector from a muffler".

                                  ******

     Excusing myself from the three friends I decided to get
to my lecture room a little early.  I walked slowly across the
campus, not in any real rush.  I decided to sit down for a few
minutes and just relax, I was still a little disorienatated
after last night's dreams.

     I was minding my own business watching the ebb and flow
of student-kind, when I felt a tap on my arm.  Startled I
glanced over beside me to see a young dark-haired lady sitting
there.  I smiled in greeting, "Hello there", I said (attemping
to be polite).

     "I said: 'are you a friend of Keiichi-san's?'", the girl
said (obviously repeating a previously asked question).

     I nodded, "Yes, I'm staying with him while studying
here", I responded.

     A caculating look seemed to cross her face and her brown
eyes flashed maliciously.  I smiled a little nervously, "Oh,
do you know Keiichi-san too??, Miss ??", I asked, fishing for
a name.

     Suddenly the strange look dissapeared, replaced with an
enourmous (and rather beautiful) smile.  "Oh, forgive me for
not intoducing myself sooner", she said, her voice dripping
honey, "My name's Sayoko".

     I nodded, "Nice to meet you, my name's Brett", I said.

     "Brett-san!", came a voice from behind me.  Turning I saw
Keiichi's sister waving and walking towards me.

     "Good morning", I replied as she stopped in front of me.

     I glanced back at Sayoko, she was examining Megumi with
distaste.  When I looked at Megumi again, she too was not
looking very happy.  I stood, "I take it you know each
other?", I asked.  The two nodded silently.

     After a few seconds of uncomfortable silence, Megumi
grabbed my arm, pulling me towards one of the buildings,
"Well, we've got the same lecture this morning, so come on or
we'll be late", she said.

     I smiled apologetically at Sayoko, "Sorry!", I said as we
walked around a corner out of sight.

     I felt myself pushed up against a wall, Megumi looked up
at me squarely, "And what were you doing with her?", she
asked.

     I frowned, "Why, what's wrong with her?", I asked.

     Megumi looked confused for a moment and then stepped
back, "Oh, that's right you don't know", she said.

     I was begining to get confused, "Well?", I asked.

     She took a step back and motioned me to walk beside her,
"Well you see, Sayoko has this thing for my brother.....", she
started to explain.

                                  ******

     By the time we got to the room, Megumi had filled me in
on some of the more exotic ways that Sayoko had tried to get
Keiichi away from Belldandy.

     "I don't believe this girl", I said disbelieveing,
"Doesn't she take 'no' for an answer?".

     Megumi smiled slightly, "No!", she answered.

     We took our seats in the lecture room (it was
considerable larger than what I was accustomed too, with
*lots* more students attending.

     About half-way though the lecture I leaned over to
Megumi, "What does fifteenth century culture have to do with
computers?", I asked her.

     She shrugged, "About as much as it has to do with
mechanical engineering", she replied, "But *everyone* has to
do some of this kind of thing".  I shuddered, it was one thing
to study for a single goal, but to have all this other stuff
thrown in was a *real* pain.

     Finally the lecture was over and I suggested to Megumi
that we have lunch.  She seemed surprised at the offer, bu
accepted readily enough.  I'll say one thing, if the rooms
were bigger, the caffetira was enourmous (and I'd say the food
was a darn sight better too).  We sat and had an enjoyable
conversation, Megumi was certinally as knowledgable as her
brother about engines.

     We had just finished eating when Keiichi arrived, "Hello
Sis", he said, "And Brett-san, did you have a nice lunch?".

     I nodded, "Have you 'petrol-heads' worked out what
happened to your bike?", I asked.


     Keiichi shrugged, "Nope, we still can't find a reason for
it", he said, sitting down beside me.

     Megumi frowned, "Well at least you wern't hurt badly",
she said.

     Keiichi nodded, "It was lucky that Brett-san was there",
he replied.

     I groaned internally, I hadn't told anyone but Keiichi
and the Goddesses about me pulling him from the doomed bike. 
Tamiya and Ootaki obviously hadn't said anything either,
judging by the reaction on Megumi's face.

     "The Bike exploded?", she said incrediosuly, listening to
Keiichi's explanation, "I thought you were just thrown off".

     Keiichi nodded, "Well Brett-san pulled me off before I
could get seriously hurt", he explained, "But we still can't
find a reason for the explosion".

     Megumi thought for a moment, "Well would you mind if I
took a look a them?", she asked.

     Keiichi shrugged, "I guess it couldn't hurt", he replied. 

     Megumi immedately stood, "Well, let's go", she said, "the
sooner I have a look at it, the sooner I can work out the
problem".

     Keiichi looked at me apologetically, "Sorry for
interrupting your lunch", he said.

     I smiled and stood, "That's alright", I said, "We were
finished anyway".

     The three of us walked out, splitting up as we reached
the exit, "I'll see you for that study session tomorrow?", I
asked Megumi.

     She smiled, "Of course", she said, "I'll look forward to
it".

     I decided to go and sit outside for a while, it was a
sunny (if a little cold) day and I prefer the outdoors. 
Whistling a litte tune I walked to where I saw some other
people sitting on the grass studying.  It had been a good
morning, I'd found a study partner who was not only smart, but
pleasent to look at and be around.

                                   *****

     The rest of the afternoon passed quickly, my afternoon
class was a little more interesting and I was starting to feel
more comfortable with the large lectures.  I met Keiichi later
that afternoon, he was standing talking with a young lady that
I didn't recoginise.


     "Keiichi-san!", I called, walking up to him, "How was
your afternoon lectures?", I asked.

     Keiichi shrugged, "Oh, not much different than normal",
he replied.

     I smiled at the young lady, "G'day, I'm Brett", I said,
introducing myself.

     She smiled a little nervously, "Yes, I know, Keiichi-
sempai has told me all about you", she replied, "My names's
Sora Hasegawa".

     I nodded, "Pleased to meet you, Sora", I said, then I
turned to Keiichi, "Are you finished for the afternoon?".

     He nodded, "Yes, I was just about to come looking for
you", he responded, then he grinned, "Ready to become a
pretzel again?".

     I sighed, "When we get home, I'm going to ask Belldandy
about some 'alternate' transportation", I said.

     He frowned, "Oh, you can do that?", he asked.

     I shrugged, "I don't know until I try", I said.

     Sora was watching our conversation and listening closely
(I don't know exactly what she made of it....), "Brett-san",
she said, "I know a few people who are in the market to sell
their cars, I'm sure they would charge you a reasonable
price".

     I smiled, "Thanks for the offer", I said, "But I have
this feeling that most japanese cars would be almost
uncomfortable for me as the side-car".

{Author's note:  It's true, there are only a few types of car
that I can drive comfortably and none of them are made in
Japan}

                                  ******

     I groaned as Keiichi helped me up the front stairs and
gingerly sat down on the step.  "Did anyone ever tell you that
you should be bigger?", I asked Keiichi.

     He winced slightly, "All the time", he replied.

     I frowned and stretched, "They were lying", I groaned.      
He grinned and headed inside.  I rolled my shoulders, trying
to get the stiffness out of them.

     I turned sharply as the front door slid open suddenly,
"What the hell is this?", demanded an angry Urd, she was
holding the collected textbooks/spellbooks that I'd borrowed
from her the previous week.


     I frowned, "What are any of the missing?", I asked.

     She shook her head, "No, but what are they doing outside
my room?", she asked again.

     I shrugged, "I didn't have time to give them to you
personally", I said.

     She frowned, "So you were serious when you said that you
didn't want me for a teacher anymore?", she asked.

     I shrugged again, "Look", I said, trying to be
reasonable, "You don't *really* want to teach me, so this
makes it easier on both of us".

     I stood and walked inside, "This way it's not your fault
and the decision rests with me", I said, walking towards my
room.

     I noticed Belldandy walking into the kitchen, "Excuse me,
Belldandy?", I asked.

     She turned around, "Yes, Brett-san?", she replied.

     "I was just wondering..." I began.  What followed was a
detailed explanation on the travelling ability of Gods and
Goddesses.

                                  ******

     It was nearly dinner time, before Belldandy had finished
explaining things to me, she had cooked while we talked, so I
had the pleaseure of watching her prepare our meal.  "So what
your saying is that I *don't* get to choose the medium for
travel", I said.

     She nodded, "That's right, each God or Goddess has their
travel medium chosen for them, every one is listed in the
database of the main computer, up in heaven", she explained.

     I frowned, "So how am I suppose to find out *my*
traveling medium", I asked, "Or do I even have one?".

     She shook a pinch on spice into the meal she was
preparing, "There we go, dinner's ready", she said.

     I tapped her on the shoulder, "How??", I asked.

     She smiled a little nervously, "Well you and your teacher
will have to visit heaven's computer centre", she said.

     I nodded, "Well, are you doing anything after dinner?", I
asked.

     Belldandy turned back to the meal, "I'm sorry Brett-san,
but I can't take you", she said.

     "Why?", I asked, a little confused.

     "Well, Urd and I had a little discussion last night and
we concluded it with a request that *I* be allowed to teach
you", she said a little nervously, "But, well, the request was
refused".

     I did a double-take, "What??", I said, "I've still gotta
have Urd teach me?".

     Belldandy nodded, "Well yes, Urd has been assigned to be
your teacher", she said, "Can you help me carry this out?".

     I nodded absently, picking up a couple of plates,
carrying them out to the table, I sat down and started eating
silently, not even noticing when Keiichi, Skuld and Urd
arrived.

     Keiichi noticed my vacant look, "What's wrong Brett-
san?", he asked, "Something wrong with the meal?".

     I shook my head, "No, Belldandy's dinner is perfect as
always", I replied, still eating.

     I finished my meal and turned to Urd, "Can I talk to
you?", I asked.

     She frowned and took another sip of her Sake, "Alright,
what did you want to talk about", she replied.  At this point,
Belldandy hustled Keiichi and dragged Skuld into the kitchen
to help her wash up.

     I sighed, "According to Belldandy, we've got no choice in
this matter", I said.

     Urd nodded, "Yes, my sister is usually correct", she
replied, pouring herself another cup.

     I sat and thought for a while, "Well, I realise that you
don't really like me very much", I said, "But I'm sure that we
can get along enough for me to learn the basics".

     She nodded absently, "I'm sure..", she said, lisping
slightly.

     "Well, once I've learn't the basics, with a bit of luck
I'll be able to continue by myself", I continued, "That way
you won't have to put up with me for long".

     She nodded unsteadily, "Whatever you say... Brett", she
said, slumping to the table.

     I jumped forward, checking her breathing and pulse, I
shook my head, "Some people don't know when to quit", I
thought, looking at the empty Sake bottle.

     Sighing, I picked her up gently, and poked my head in the
kitchen, "How much did she drink?", I asked.


     Belldandy shrugged, "I don't know', she said, "Why don't
you take her to her room, Brett-san and we'll working things
out in the morning", she said.

     I nodded, "Alright", I responded.

     Carrying her down the corridor easily, I reached her room
and threw open the door.  I'd never been in Urd's room before
and I have to say that the decore took me slightly by
surprise.  It was not flashy or extravagent (which was what I
was expecting), but rather relaxed and comfortable.

     I carried her over to the bed and layed her down gently,
pushing an open book off the bed.  She startled in her sleep
slightly, and muttered something about 'stupid human', which I
assumed by which she ment me.  Frowning slightly I picked up
the book, and glanced at the cover.  It was a romance novel by
the look of things, some silly story about an ilicit
relationship between a teacher and his student.

     I shook my head, what a load of garbage.  It surprised me
to learn that Urd was somwhat of a romantic, but remembering
what I know of her, I'd have to say that any guy that she sets
her sights on had better watch out.

     I pulled the coveres up over her and walked back towards
my room, hopefully by tomorrow, she would be sober enough to
take me up to visit heaven.  I shook myself, "Heaven!", I
thought, what business did *I* have visiting heaven.  Shaking
my head I lay down on my bed, wondering what tomorrow would be
like.

                                  ******

Author's Notes:

	Ummm, well I what da ya think of "Brett" so far?? (oh, he's
gonna get an offical name in the next part, along with a few other
things...) - I decided that I'd give him a powers a little different
from the three goddesses (cause he also has some other duties that are
different from them...).

	Oh - it might be a little while before I release another part
I want to get some of my other Fan-Fics *completed*....


-----Brett



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